C.I.H 2

this week we are going to send a object that represents something that is important to us to Ghana. i want to send a pencil. a pencil represents my creativity and my passion for drawing stuff. the pencil will also show how i think differently from other people in the class.  the pencil means a lot to me because it allows me to express myself in ways i cant do otherwise.

       we were also asked to start on our paragraph that we will write on the photo we send. we are supposed to write about peace.

i think peace is a very important goal for the whole world. if we can manage to become peaceful we will be more open to new societys and will not try to fight them rather become friends with them. peace is just as important in everyday life as fro the world as a whole, if you can be peaceful with your friends and not argue all the time you can get more done and build a stronger relationship with them.

second post

we are about 4 weeks into school and my first year as a eighth grader. while how i had expected 8th grade to be near impossible it actually turned out pt not be so bad. the homework was the thing i was most concerned about but the homework load so far has not been much although i know it will get worse later in the year, also this is not a reason to give me more homework. also the only class i am having trouble in is lit, the quizzes are much different from my 7th grade teacher's quizzes. last year the quizzes where much more literal than this year where they include questions about symbols and quotes. i think overall that 8th grade has met my expectations in some areas but in others it fell a bit short.

  socially 8th grade isn't much different from the 7th grade social system, all of the people who play sports hang out on the green while others are inside playing on the computers. i belong to the latter spending much of my lunch at robotics club unlike the stereotypical geek i have plenty of friends that are not in robotics club. some intimidating figures from last year still exist such as john but not in a bad way since he is one of my friends. i have pretty much gotten to know most of the people from last year and the "7th grade i have to get a lot of friends" period has ended. also i already know a lot of the 7th graders.

   i think that i have presented my self as a leader for some of the more unusual 7th graders such as Dylan and Houston. i  like being like this since i don't want people to feel like they are the only hyper one in the junior high which they certainly aren't.i dont think that i am a good leader for many of the other people since i only play ultimate and normally the way the leadership is formed is in sports.

  the thought that next year i will be in high school scares me in some ways. to be ready for high school i want to learn more bout time management so i don't procrastinate cause  my sister i have learned that you cant wait until the last minute to do your homework. i also want to learn how to be more organized and i have made progress in that already.

C.I.H

this week my class was visited by the founder of Children Inspiring Hope, a program that links classrooms in the United States to other countries primarily in Ghana. we will send pictures and videos to our class in Ghana. one of the things we did in class was discuss what peace meant to us, for me peace means being able to connect to others without fear. when i think of peace i think of a group of diverse people working together to complete a common goal whithout concerns to their own self gains.when this happens in a community it will become a all together safer and better place for everyone in the group. one way i try to promote peace in my life is helping others. we also discussed different ways to create peace and we used the sentence "paths to peace: creating peace through            " in the blank you are supposed to decide what you think, i chose connection since to be peaceful you must be connected. i think as a good project to send to Ghana would be a class video that we all partake in.we could include information on what we are studying and what we look forward to doing with the class. we could also send them videos of our news bowls and other class activities this way the class in Ghana will feel more connected to our class Wichita will lead to a more enjoyable time.

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